How to Eat Like a Local when Traveling

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Do your research ahead of time.. Skip the major chains.. Avoid dining at fancy and expensive restaurants.

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Do your research ahead of time.

Step 1

Do your research ahead of time.

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Skip the major chains.

Step 2

Skip the major chains.

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Avoid dining at fancy and expensive restaurants.

Step 3

Avoid dining at fancy and expensive restaurants.

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Consider traveling during a holiday or festival.

Step 4

Consider traveling during a holiday or festival.

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Walk through a restaurant-heavy area of the city.

Step 5

Walk through a restaurant-heavy area of the city.

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Use internet searches to narrow down your options.

Step 6

Use internet searches to narrow down your options.

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Talk to people who live—and dine—in the vicinity.

Step 7

Talk to people who live—and dine—in the vicinity.

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Spread a meal out across a few restaurants.

Step 8

Spread a meal out across a few restaurants.

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Be sensibly cautious about food and general safety concerns.

Step 9

Be sensibly cautious about food and general safety concerns.

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Try new local foods by ordering small plates.

Step 10

Try new local foods by ordering small plates.

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Take a cooking class.

Step 11

Take a cooking class.

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Adopt local mannerisms as much as you're comfortable.

Step 12

Adopt local mannerisms as much as you're comfortable.

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Learn some of the local language for travel.

Step 13

Learn some of the local language for travel.

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